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The Tow Foundation Appoints Nadia Alia As The New Director Of Operations

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03/28/2017

In this newly created role, Nadia will create and direct the Foundation’s various operating systems. She will also develop and implement the Foundation’s internal activities that enable the Foundation’s current board and next generation family...

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Beeta Jahedi Joins The Tow Foundation As Director Of Strategy And Communications

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03/28/2017

In this newly created role, Beeta will focus on amplifying the visibility of the Foundation’s work to address critical social issues in the areas of justice reform, medical innovation, higher education, and cultural institutions as well as actively...

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Tow Foundation Supports Fellowships to Strengthen Reporting on Juvenile Justice

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05/25/2016

The Center on Media, Crime and Justice at John Jay College (CMCJ) has selected 26 journalists as Reporting Fellows for its third year-long program aimed at strengthening reporting on juvenile justice during the election year.

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Tow Foundation, Columbia University Arts Announce Winners of Play Reading Series

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05/19/2016

The reading series awards three playwrights from the current MFA program and recent alumni with a cash prize as well as two readings in Roundabout's Black Box Theatre.

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Marsh & McLennan, Tow Foundation Honored Alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda

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03/30/2016

Peter J. Beshar, Vice President and General Counsel of Marsh & McLennan and member of the John Jay College Foundation's Board of Trustees, will be honored for his service to the college, along with the Tow Foundation for its work on juvenile and...

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Tow Foundation Announces Six Playwright Residencies

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02/25/2016

The Tow Foundation-supported residency will give six emerging playwrights creative homes at theatres in New York City.

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Tow Foundation Gives $25M to Barnard for Tech Center

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02/01/2016

Telecommunications executive Leonard Tow's foundation is donating $25 million to Barnard College, which will use to build a new teaching center and institute a technology requirement.

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Tow Foundation Founder to Serve on NP Board Taking Over Philadelphia’s Struggling Newspaper of Record

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01/12/2016

Owner H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest donated the entire Philadelphia Media Network, which runs the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com, to the nonprofit Institute for Journalism in New Media, part of the Philadelphia Foundation. The institute...

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Open Society, Tow and Other Foundations Release Blueprint for Youth Justice Reform

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01/12/2016

The Youth Transition Funders Group updated its seminal Blueprint for Youth Justice Reform -- providing concrete policy recommendations aimed at improving the well-being and life outcomes for at-risk young people.

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Tow Foundation Touted as Prime Example of Funder Helping Turn the Tide for Juvenile Justice Reform

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11/19/2015

The Tow Foundation touted as a primary force for Juvenile Justice Reform in Connecticut and New York.

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Oct 22 White House Conference on Criminal Justice Reform with Funders to be Live-Streamed

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10/22/2015

Round table discussion with the President to be live-streamed at The Marshall Project and Yahoo.

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NY Juvenile Justice Funders Urge State Officials to 'Raise the Age'

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06/18/2015

Philanthropic support includes Tow Foundation, Pinkerton Foundation, Andrus Family Fund, Long Island Community Foundation, Brooklyn Community Foundation, Bernard F. and Alva B. Gimbel Foundation, David Rockefeller Foundation and New York Foundation.

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Nadia Alia Appointed Manager, Grants and Communications at The Tow Foundation

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04/20/2015

Alia previously worked as the foundation's grants manager.

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Philanthropic Groups Sign on to Raise the Age Campaign

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03/06/2015

The initiative has received report from eight PNY member organizations.

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Tow Foundation President Emily Tow Jackson Supports Governor Cuomo's Recommendation to Raise the Age

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01/20/2015

Tow Foundation President and Executive Director Emily Tow Jackson is a member Governor Cuomo's Commission on Youth, Public Safety and Justice Recommendations.

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A Commitment to Playwrights: The Tow Foundation’s 2014 Residency Program

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12/09/2014

Associate Director Andrea Sholler discusses the Tow Foundation's playwright residency program.

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Claire Tow, Co-Founder, The Tow Foundation, Dies At 83

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07/08/2014

Claire Tow, who founded The Tow Foundation with her husband, Leonard, in 1988, died Monday at age 83, following a 14-year struggle with Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS).

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Governor Cuomo Announces Members of Commission on Youth, Public Safety & Justice

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04/09/2014

Governor Cuomo named Tow Foundation Executive Director, Emily Tow Jackson, to the Commission on Youth, Public Safety & Justice, which will provide concrete, actionable recommendations regarding youth in New York's criminal and juvenile justice...

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Diane Sierpina Promoted to Program Director of Justice Programs at the Tow Foundation

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02/12/2014

Diane Sierpina has been promoted from Senior Program Officer to Program Director of Justice Programs at The Tow Foundation

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Nadia Lagani-Montiel Appointed Grants Manager at The Tow Foundation

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10/18/2013

Philanthropy New York staff member Nadia Lagani-Montiel has become the new Grants Manager of The Tow Foundation

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